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JANUARY 10, 1924 Usi ROYAL London Gazette, December 21, 1923 Stores Branch The following Flying Officers on probation are confirmed in rank :—H. A. Lotherington, E. G. Jollifie. London Gazette, January 1, 1924 General Duties Branch Squadron Ldr. (hon. Wing Comdr.) G. H. Thomson, O.B.E. (Paymr. Comdr., R.N.), relinquishes his temp, commn. on return to Naval duty; Jan. 1. AIK FORCE Stores Branch Flying Officer J. P. Crichtou is placed on retired list on acct. of ill-health; Nov. 28, 1923 (substituted for Gazette, Nov. 13, 1923). London Gazette, January 4, 1924 General Duties Branch The following Air Commodores are promoted to rank of Air Vice-Marshal, with effect from Jan. 1 :—F. R. Scarlett, C.B., D.S.O., H. R. M. Brooke- Popham, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., A.F.C. (substituted for Gazette, Jan. 1). ROYAL AIR FORCE INTELLIGENCE Appointments.—The following appointments in the Royal Air Force are notified :— General Duties Branch Air Commodore C. A. H. Longcroft, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., A.F.C., to Air Ministry. 10.12.23. Wing Commander A. S. Barratt, C.M.G., M.C., to R.A.F. Depot, whilst attending course at Staff College, Camberley. 21.1.24. Squadron Leaders : J. Kemper, M.B.E., to Inland Area Aircraft Depot, Henlow. 14.1.24. E. L. Tomkinson, D.S.O., A.F.C., to C. and M. Party, Cattewater. 7.1.24-j Flight Lieutenants : B. A. Malet, D.F.C., to No. 2 Flying Training Sch., Duxford, for course of instruction. 14.1.24. R. W. G. West, to R.A.F. Depot (non-effective pool). 17.12.23. C. B. Cooke, to No. 60 Sqdn., India. 12.12.23. W. H. Ellison, to Aircraft Depot, India. 21.11.23. H.P.Lloyd, M.C., D.F.C., to Sch. of Army Co-operation, Old Sarum. 13.1.24. C. F. Browerton, D.S.C., to R.A.F. Base, Gosport. 13.1.24. L. G. Harvey, to No. 1 Sch. of Tech. Training (Boys), Halton. 13.1.24. C. H. C. Woollven, M.C., to Inland Area Aircraft Depot, Henlow. 14.1.24. Hon. R. A. Cochrane, A.F.C., to Boys' Wing, CranweU. 14.1.24. C. B. Dick-Cleland, to No. 12 Sqdn., Northolt. 1.2.24. C. R. Keary, to No. 25 Sqdn., Hawkinge. 14.1.24. S. E. Adams, to R.A.F. Depot (non-effective pool). 1.1.24. V. A. Albrecht, O.B.E., M.C., to No. Ill Sqdn., Duxford. 21.1.24. P. L. Plant, to R.A.F. Depot. 15.1.24. R. M. Foster, D.F.C., to R.A.F. Base, Gosport. 13.1.24. G. E. Livock, D.F.C., to C. and M. Party, Cattewater. 7.1.24. C. McM. Laing, M.C., A.F.C., to R.A.F. Depot. 14.1.24. J. A. Boret, M.C., A.F.C., to No. 100 Sqdn., Spittlegate. 14.1.24. R. Jope-Slade, D.S.C., to Armoured Car Wing H.Q., Iraq. 24.4.23. A. M. Wray, M.C., A.F.C., to Aeroplane Experimental Estabt., Martlesham Heath. 14.1.24. Flying Officers : L. A. C. Stafford, to No. 2 Flying Training Sch., Duxford, for course of Instruction. 14.1.24. G. R. O'Sullivan, to Inland Area Aircraft, Depot, Henlow. 1.1.24. C. B. Greet, to No. 32 Sqdu., Kenley. 4.1.24. W. C. P. Bullock, N. C. Ogilvie Forbes, F. R. Woolliams, and A. F. Lingard, all to R.A.F. Base, Leuchars. 4.1.24. H. R. Vaughan Fowler, to R.A.F. Base, Leuchars, on appointment to a short service commn. 29.12.23. W. V. Simons, to R.A.F. Depot, pending disposal on transfer to Home Estab. 19.1.24. E. J. Ffoulkes-Jones, to No. 2 Flying Training Sch., Duxford. 14.1.24. D. R. Mitchell, M.B.E., to Marine and Armament Experimental Estab., Isle of Grain. 14.1.24. G. J. Stroud, M.B.E., to No. 1 Sch. of Tech. Training (Boys), Halton. 14.1.24. S. Upton, to Inland Area Aircraft Depot, Henlow. 14.1.24. O. E. Carter, to No. 27 Sqdn., India. 9.12.23. L. W. Park, to No. 6 Armoured Car Co., Iraq, instead of to No. 4 Armoured Car Co., as previously notified. 14.9.23. E. P. M. Davis, A.F.C., A.M., F. H, Isaac, D.F.C., A. J. Rankin, and H. A. Diunage, all to C. and M. Partv, Cattewater. 7.1.24. Pilot Officers : K. R. Brown, to No. 25 Sqdn., Hawkinge. 4.1.24. C. W. A. Byrne, to No. 29 Sqdn., Duxford. 4.1.24. C. F. Roupoll, to No. 7 Sqdn., Bircham Newton. 4.1.24. Stores Branch Flight Lieutenant W. G. MacD. Nicholl, to Armament and Gunnery Sch., Eastchurch. 14.1.24. Flying Officer W. A. Glasper, to Aircraft Depot, India. 9.9.23. Medical Branch Squadron Leader R. A. G. Elliott, MB., B.A., to H.Q., Palestine. 10.12.23. Flight Lieutenants: A. F. Rook, M.R.C.P., D.P.H., to remain at R.A.F. Central Hospital, Finchley, instead of to R.A.F. Hospital, CranweU, as previously notified. M. Coghlan, M.B., to remain at Sch. of Tech. Training (Men), Manston, instead of to R.A.F. Depot, as previously notified. W. Parsons, to No. 1 Sch. of Tech. Training (Boys), Halton. 2.1.24. E. G. Howell, to Research Lab. and Medical Officers' Sch.of Instruction, Hampstead, on appointment to a short service commn. for short course. 31.12.23. Flying Officers : R. W. White, to remain at R.A.F. Hospital, Cranwell, instead of to R.A.F. Central Hospital, Finchley, as previously notified. G. A. Ballantyne, D.F.C. (Dental), to R.A.F., on appointment to a temporary commn. on attachment from the Army. 1.1.24. Air Ministry, January 1, 1924. Promotions.—The undermentioned officers are promoted to the ranks stated, with effect from January 1, 1924 :— Stores Branch Flight Lieutenants to be Squadron Leaders.—George Stevens, O.B.E.; Francis George Maxwell Williams ; John Samuel Goggin ; Percy Mead Brambleby ; Frederick Grave, M.B.E. Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants.—George Arthur Curtis ; Alfred George Knight, M.B.E.; 'Eric Lejghton Ridley ; John Hobbs ; Lewis Edward Carter, D.C.M. ; Charles Edward Cullen ; Frederick Whilton, D.C.M. ; Leonard Henry Vernon. Stores Branch Accountants Squadron Leaders to be Wing Commanders.—William Hughes Holroyd; Herbert John Down. Flying Officers to be Flight Lieutenants.—Edwin James Grout; Robert Milne Grundy ; Herbert Wellstead Capener ; Robert Frederick Charles Metcalfe ; Sidney Glanvill Linssen ; Edward Charles Mackintosh Knott. H H H H TO THE NORTH POLE BY AIR CAPT. RAOUL AMUNDSEN is going to make another attempt in the summer of this year to reach the North Pole via the air. This time, it would seem, the expedition is being planned on a somewhat more elaborate scale, whilst arrangements have been completed with the U.S. Navy Department for Lieut. Ralph E. Davison, U.S.N., to take part in the expedition and command one of the three seaplanes which will make the polar flight. So once again America is giving practical and not merely moral support in matters aviatic. The Amundsen expedition will be transported by ship to Spitsbergen about the end of May. Here a base of operations will be established, and in the early summer the aeroplanes will be carried by ship to the edge of the ice pack—about 450 miles or so from the North Pole. From this point flights will be made to the Pole, where a depot of supplies of food and fuel will be estab lished. Dornier " Dolphin " metal flying boats, specially con structed to take off and land on ice, snow, or water, will be used. They will be fitted with wireless receiving and transmitting sets, so that they may keep in touch with the depot ship. The latter will be equipped with a high-power wireless installation, and will " broadcast " to the world the progress of the expedition. Six men will man the three flying boats, Capt. Amundsen being in command of one, and Lieut. Davison in command of another. One of the objects of the expedition will be to H H "A.J.S." Wireless Sets WIRELESS now plays an important part in aviation, hence, quite apart from the present popularity of broadcasting, there must be many of our readers who are interested in wireless receiving sets. We, therefore, think this sufficient excuse for calling our readers' attention to a little book just issued by Messrs. A. J. Stevens and Co. (1914), Ltd., of Wolverhampton—a name well known in connection with motor-cycles—in which are given very complete instructions discover whether or not the theory now held by scientists, that a large continent exists in this region, is correct. The feasibility of transpolar air routes, linking up the East and West in air lines over the shortest routes between Northern Europe and the Pacific, will also be investigated. Non-stop flights over the Arctic regions are not contem plated, and it is intended to make several flights in the vicinity of the Pole before the actual transpolar flight is attempted, so that conditions may be studied and bases established. In addition to the Amundsen expedition referred to above, the U.S. Navy has decided, with the approval of President Coolidge, to send an expedition, also, into the Arctic during the coming summer. While naval vessels will be used as auxiliaries, the expedition will be primarily aerial, and it is expected that the rigid airship " Shenandoah " will be used as well as heavier-than- air craft. Full details of this expedition are not yet to hand, but we hope to give some further particulars very shortly. It is interesting to note, however, that Secretary Denby has appointed a " Naval Arctic Air Board " for the purpose of thoroughly investigating all the problems connected with such an Arctic exploration, and frequent meetings have already taken place and many experts called in to help. regarding the use, etc., of the A.J.S. wireless receiving sets. Some very useful and interesting information on wireless matters is also given in this handbook. A. J. Stevens and Co., it may be mentioned, are building up a reputation for their A.J.S. wireless sets equal to that enjoyed by A.J.S. motor-cycles. The two-, three-, and four-valve receiving sets made by this firm are extremely efficient and very handsomely finished. Unfortunately, lack of space will not permit our giving a description of these sets—just at the moment. 27
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